Rachel M. ReisMay 24, 20212 minNavigating burnout in fundraising It happens to the best of us - the most committed fundraisers can feel a little burnout, now and again. I started noticing my burnout...
Rachel M. ReisMay 13, 20211 minA curated list of free resources to help you study for the CFREI'm pretty proud of my study guide. I wrote it because I needed more than the CFRE Exam Compass Guide. But I'm also not selfish. Here are...
Rachel M. ReisMay 11, 20211 minOpen call for fundraising industry experts: Is the CFRE designation worth attaining? After spending about $1,000 to become a CFRE, I started a study service called Philanthropy Study Key in which I am selling my 200-page...
Rachel M. ReisMay 4, 20214 min3 things that helped me when I became a 1-person fundraising shop - and 1 thing that didn't Despite having just earned my CFRE certification, I felt disconnected sometimes when I was studying. Things written in textbooks seemed a...
Rachel M. ReisApr 27, 20212 minWhat my day of CFRE test experience was like I had spent about four months studying. I had tried to take the day off before to study, but long behold, I was the big dumb-dumb that...